John Schinnerer wrote:
>
>
> J Cameron Cooper wrote:
>> John Schinnerer wrote:
>>>> Jon Stahl wrote:
>>>>> Andreas Jung-5 wrote:
>>>>>> --On 21. Juni 2007 17:43:35 -1000 John Schinnerer
>>>>>> <john@...>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andreas Jung wrote:
>>>>>>>> --On 21. Juni 2007 15:57:00 -1000 John Schinnerer
>>>>>>>> <john@...>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So it sounds like I cannot run plone 2.5.3 on my zope 2.8.8 in any
>>>>>>>>> case.
>>>>>>>>> So how do I migrate my sites to plone 2.5.3 at all in this
>>>>>>>>> situation?
>>>>>>>>> It seems I can't...my zope is too old for 2.5.3 and yet I have to
>>>>>>>>> upgrade plone on existing zope to migrate plone site...??
>>>>>>>> The docs are clear: you need Zope 2.8.9. So why do you ask? If you
>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>> to use Plone 2.5.3, you have to upgrade. Otherwise you're running
>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>> unsupported software combination.
>>>>>>> I get that.
>>>>>>> I'm not clear how I get there though.
>>>>>>> My eventual goal is to move everything to zope 2.9.7/plone 2.5.3 - I
>>>>>>> would do that directly but apparently that's not possible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I see two possible options, and I cannot find online info on whether
>>>>>>> either of them is actually an upgrade/migration path that will work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) install *yet another* intermediate zope (2.8.9), then manually
>>>>>>> move
>>>>>>> everything from current 2.8.8 over to it (if that will work), then
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> the upgrade to plone 2.5.3 and then migrate the plone sites (and
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> export/import them to the plone 2.5.3 on zope 2.9.7)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2) install plone 2.5.0 on zope 2.9.7, export/import current plone
>>>>>>> sites
>>>>>>> to that (if that will work), then do the upgrade to plone 2.5.3 and
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> migrate the plone sites.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The migration steps are carefully documentated (in various
>>>>>> documents).
>>>>>> The short version: install Zope 2.X, install Plone 2.X, copy over
>>>>>> the Data.fs, run through portal_migrations. That's the recommended
>>>>>> way,
>>>>>> that's the documented way, that's the working way. One thing I
>>>>>> forgot:
>>>>>> back up first and test the migration *first* on your testing/staging
>>>>>> system (of course you have one!).
>>>>>>
>>>>> In addition, don't forget to copy over/install all of your add-on
>>>>> Products.
>>>>>
>>>>> We should clarify the migration documents to make it more clear that
>>>>> you
>>>>> can't do an "in-place" migration, but rather should "move + migrate"
>>>>> to a
>>>>> new Zope instance as Andreas describes. I think this is less obvious
>>>>> than it could be.
>>> I agree, it was not clear to me.
>>>
>>>> Just to clarify my own statement: you can do an in-place upgrade from
>>>> Zope
>>>> 2.8.8 -> Zope 2.8.9, then upgrade Plone from 2.5.x->2.5.3. But if you
>>>> want
>>>> to go in one fell swoop from Plone 2.1.x/Zope 2.8.8 to Plone 2.5.3/Zope
>>>> 2.9.7, then you are probably best advised to build a new Zope instance
>>>> and
>>>> export your data.fs.
>>> OK - I got the idea that moving data.fs between e.g. zope 2.8.x and
>>> 2.9.x was not an option and that that would only work for sure between
>>> e.g. 2.8.x and 2.8.y.
>>
>> It will work between any two Zope versions not out of the distant past.
>> (I think there was some conversion required for 2.2, though I might be
>> mistaken.)
>
> Yep indeed. This was the piece of info I was missing, somehow I got the
> idea from my info-seeking that this wouldn't work.
>
> So I've just done my migration, zope 2.8.8/plone 2.5.0 to zope
> 2.9.7/plone 2.5.3, all is generally well (after moving a few custom
> products and themes I forgot about the first try...).
>
> Thanks to all for your assistance.
>
Glad to hear it! Thanks for asking, and making sure you got a clear answer!
best,
jon
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